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Createing a dynamic menu?
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Hi,
I'm new to developing with episerver, therfore my question migt seem simple. I've tried to search the forum for help but haven't found anything that helps me... What I want to do is to create a simple dynamic menu (like the ones you'd normaly use in asp.net 2.0)
I'd like to do this from code behind, by accessing sub-pages (children) and maybe even their childpages, but I don't really know how to do this in episerver. (I'm NOT interested in using any episerver tree-control etc, instead I want to do it traditionally, so I know what I'm doing).
I suppose one start by creating a reference to the current page, and then accessing properties (like pagename and link) "foreach" subpage. Then it would just be a matter of adding the menuitems to the menu control(which is no problem).
But, how do I create a reference and iterate throw the diffrent subpages?! Some code would be nice! Hope someone can help me on this one.
Sep 06, 2007 10:46
We mostly use the default code for displaying EPiServer menues.
See if u can figure out the Menu.ascx file.
I've posted a thread in here asking if they could explain the different episerver:PageTree properties, as this is poorly documented. But it has not been explained yet.
#15520
Sep 06, 2007 15:58
You could try something like this:
#15522
public static PageDataCollection GetNavChildren( PageReference parentPage )
{
PageDataCollection navChildren = new PageDataCollection();
foreach( PageData page in Global.EPDataFactory.GetChildren( parentPage ))
{
if( page.VisibleInMenu )
navChildren.Add( page );
}
return navChildren;
}
And you if you want to start from the site homepage, pass Configuration.StartPage as the input parameter.
Sep 06, 2007 17:44
Thanks Jeremy,
Really nice of you to help out!
I will try that code, and hopefully make it work!
Steven, thanks anyway, for taking the time!
/Andreas
#15523
Sep 07, 2007 15:00
